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Gene

LDAF1

lipid droplet assembly factor 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16p12.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 21,158,674–21,180,616 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 21.9 kb
Protein
161 amino acids
Also known as
promethin
Previous symbols
TMEM159
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000233047.9NM_001301771.2
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How LDAF1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where LDAF1 sits. LDAF1 and 15 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 20,669,645 to 21,669,644.Chromosome 1616p12.3p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.320.8 Mb21 Mb21.2 Mb21.4 Mb21.6 MbACSM3: 20,610,243–20,797,843, forward strandACSM3ACSM1: 20,623,233–20,698,890, reverse strandACSM1THUMPD1: 20,702,816–20,742,084, reverse strandTHUMPD1ERI2: 20,780,193–20,900,349, reverse strandERI2REXO5: 20,806,157–20,850,126, forward strandREXO5DCUN1D3: 20,854,897–20,900,400, reverse strandDCUN1D3LYRM1: 20,899,821–20,925,011, forward strandLYRM1DNAH3: 20,932,482–21,159,441, reverse strandDNAH3LDAF1: 21,158,674–21,180,616, forward strandLDAF1ZP2: 21,197,450–21,214,510, reverse strandZP2ANKS4B: 21,233,673–21,253,850, forward strandANKS4BCRYM: 21,238,297–21,303,083, reverse strandCRYMNPIPB3: 21,402,237–21,448,567, reverse strandNPIPB3METTL9: 21,597,218–21,657,471, forward strandMETTL9IGSF6: 21,639,550–21,652,638, reverse strandIGSF6OTOA: 21,663,968–21,761,935, forward strandOTOADiagram of LDAF1: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 21,158,674–21,158,746, 73 basesExon 2: 21,161,085–21,161,278, 194 basesExon 3: 21,170,437–21,170,605, 169 basesExon 4: 21,174,010–21,174,148, 139 basesExon 5: 21,179,475–21,180,616, 1,142 bases123455′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 1.7 kb of the gene's 21.9 kb; 486 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). LDAF1 gene: lipid droplet assembly factor 1. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ldaf1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. LDAF1 gene: lipid droplet assembly factor 1 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ldaf1

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